Cancer during pregnancy: 10-year experience at a regional cancer reference center in Mexico

• Published in: Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 50 - 53
• Main Authors: Teran-Porcayo, M. A., Gomez-Del Castillo-Rangel, A. C., Barrera-Lopez, N., Zeichner-Gancz, I.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Humana Press Inc 01.03.2008; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Female; Hematology; Humans; Internal Medicine; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mexico; Oncology; Original Paper; Pathology; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic - diagnosis; Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic - mortality; Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic - therapy; Mexico; Pregnancy; Outcomes; Cancer

Introduction Cancer during pregnancy is uncommon. However, recent trends in the prolongation of the childbearing age have made cancer-associated pregnancies more frequent. The objective of our study was to describe the frequency, types of cancer, and treatment with this association in our institutio...